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chercheur principal:McLennan, Donald S Année(s) de permis:
2019
Résumé:
The objectives of this project are to:
1. investigate, characterize and sample the vascular plant, moss, lichen, fungal and algal flora and biodiversity;
2. describe, sample and characterize various terrestrial ecosystems of Northwest Territories;
3. identify in the landscape as many as possible of the characterized terrestrial ecosystems, and document their occurrence by geo-referenced digital...
chercheur principal:Vavrek, Matthew J Année(s) de permis:
2013
Résumé:
This project is a continuation of the collaborative research program on ancient biodiversity in the Canadian Arctic. Recently, the group completed work supported by Polar Continental Shelf Project in the Brackett Basin in the westcentral Northwest Territories and the Bonnet Plume Basin in northeastern the Yukon Territory, during which the research team recovered both new vertebrate (dinosaur) foss...
chercheur principal:Williams, Mathew Année(s) de permis:20142013
2012
Résumé:
The ultimate aim of the proposed project is to develop and evaluate a detailed process-based model of vegetation-soil-permafrost interactions using data collected through directed field campaigns in the discontinuous and sporadic permafrost zones of western Canada. The research team will (i) elucidate the role of plant biodiversity in controlling permafrost status in contrasting ecosystems with di...
chercheur principal:Vavrek, Matthew J Année(s) de permis:
2012
Résumé:
The research team will be prospecting for and collecting Cretaceous fossils from the Summit Creek Formation in order to better understand what terrestrial biodiversity was like at high latitudes at that time. This project is a continuation of the collaborative research program on ancient biodiversity in the Canadian Arctic. Recently, the research team completed work supported by Polar Continental ...
chercheur principal:Karlqvist, Anders Année(s) de permis:
1999
Résumé:
The overall goal of the expedition Tundra Northwest 1999 is to study geographic variation of terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems of the tundra. By using the CCG icebreaker Louis St. Laurent for transport and as a scientific platform the the expedition route will include a longitudinal gradient from Baffin Island to the northern coast of Alaska and a latitudinal gradient through the Canadian Arc...
chercheur principal:Hankinson, Flt. LT. K.W. Année(s) de permis:
1991
1988 Résumé:
Multi-disciplinary research will be undertaken in botany, geology, micro meteorology, soil science, remote sensing, breeding biology of Arctic char and archaeological survey. These studies are a continuation of those begun in 1988....